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Joel Umanzor
Joel Umanzor joined The Standard as a express desk reporter in June 2023. Prior to that, he was a Hearst Breaking News Fellow from 2021 to 2023, working at both the Houston Chronicle and the San Francisco Chronicle. Originally from Richmond, California, Joel graduated from San Francisco State University in 2021. When not in the newsroom or chasing down a source, he can be probably found painting, listening to hip-hop or watching sports.
Ignored by police, a mom tried to find her missing daughter. She wound up in jail
After deaths of 4 in West Portal, San Francisco plans major traffic changes
Police identify suspect in Chinatown Waymo arson. He’s a 14-year-old boy
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 17, 2024 • 4:45pmHow the ‘shiesty’ ski mask became the San Francisco accessory of choice
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 17, 2024 • 4:03pm‘Let Elon take the wheel’: Bay Area Cybertruck owners regret nothing
Hundreds march in San Francisco’s Mission District to honor Cesar Chavez’s legacy
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 13, 2024 • 5:11pm2 San Francisco County jails locked down after inmates allegedly attack deputies
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 13, 2024 • 3:28pmIconic SoMa nightclub Temple to shutter, ending era for tech industry revelry
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 11, 2024 • 6:19pmMotorcyclist killed in car crash, causing traffic jam on I-80
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 11, 2024 • 4:27pmMan charged with hate crime for allegedly vandalizing Nob Hill mosque over Ramadan
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 10, 2024 • 10:45pmDriver killed in Noe Valley rollover crash identified as 85-year-old man
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 09, 2024 • 1:09pmSuspect in Mission District homicide arrested in the East Bay, police say
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 06, 2024 • 2:11pmColombians flock to this San Francisco food truck for an authentic taste of home
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 06, 2024 • 12:00pmAaron Peskin vows to lead San Francisco’s ‘recovery’ in mayoral campaign kickoff
Man shot dead in the Mission District, police say
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 05, 2024 • 2:49pmSan Francisco now towing drug dealers’ cars in latest crackdown effort
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 05, 2024 • 9:06amMission District taqueria reopens after hit-and-run crash
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 03, 2024 • 5:58pmScammer who targeted Asian elderly also caught with child porn, police say
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 03, 2024 • 2:59pmTeen identified as victim in fatal shooting near Powell Street Station
By Joel Umanzor
Apr. 02, 2024 • 5:00pmTeen caught atop San Francisco 43-story skyscraper did it for social media, he says
Mark Farrell touts tough-on-crime stance during Chinatown campaign stop
By Joel Umanzor
Mar. 30, 2024 • 5:04pmPhotos: Oakland A’s fans boycott Opening Day
By Joel Umanzor
Mar. 28, 2024 • 9:20pmTrader Joe’s Hayes Valley store on track for June opening
By Joel Umanzor
Mar. 28, 2024 • 7:00amForget the Golden Gate, these 18 San Francisco bridges have ‘major defects’
